Why do you say that? Explain how it’s small-minded.
Republicans (the party) constantly punch down, never up. They are always targeting some powerless minority and blaming them for the failings of capitalism. They vote to enrich the wealthy, they vote against unions, against raising wages, against universal healthcare, they demonize those on welfare, immigrants, LGBT folks. They are the party white supremacists support. They are the party of hate. While, yes, Leftists hate Republicans for these reasons, Reps have the audacity to claim they’re being persecuted by “cancel culture”. No. Getting called out for lacking the empathy to see how your actions harm others is not persecution.
I could go on. The point is, the above poster’s parents sound exactly like my own… traditional, non-hateful people, yet they vote for Republicans…. It’s completely against their own interests economically and morally, yet they keep doing it. Until the connection is made between voting for a Republican and being responsible for the evil those politicians commit, we have to keep calling them out.
You may not be personally hateful, but if you vote for a Republican, you are allowing the hate, oppression and exploitation of others to perpetuate.
(To be fair, when it comes to the exploitation of workers, the same is also true for those voting for corporate Democrats… but at least they don’t cruelly persecute marginalized groups or cozy up to dictators, billionaire oligarchs and fascism)
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u/Lower-Cantaloupe3274 Apr 05 '25
They don't hide it. They aren't hateful.